Manuel Göttsching - E2-E4

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E2-E4, released in 1984, is the first solo recording album by Ash Ra Tempel / Ashra guitarist, Manuel Göttsching. The album consists of a minimalistic hour-long progressive electronic track that is subdivided into single tracks according to the stage of the song.

This album is just amazing. The whole album is like a single track that slowly progresses and evolves. I don't think I've heard anything quite like it. It's known to be a very influential electronic music piece. And I'm sure most of you are familiar with this album. So I won't bore you with anymore details.

But if you're not familiar with it and you have an hour to spare. Do yourself a favor and give this album a listen all the way through.

Sorry if there's already been a thread about this album. Couldn't find one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1Q6m_0J1Hs

Yes. Brilliant piece of music.

  On 2/25/2012 at 10:04 PM, goDel said:

Yes. Brilliant piece of music.

Indeed! Only discovered it a few months ago (upon learning that a certain basic channel 'reshape' is actually a remix of this) and have been rocking it ever since. I also found this review on discogs to be quite interesting too, can definitely hear how it influenced the early detroit sound:

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Groundbreaking early electronic track which had a massive influence on some of the pioneers of modern dance mucic... Derrick May said that he and his friends would listen to the whole LP over and over again for weeks, Juan Atkins said the same and it fit in with his early vision of Science fiction music from outer space, and clearly had an influence on his early Model 500 / Metroplex output

http://www.discogs.com/Manuel-G%C3%B6ttsching-E2-E4/master/2786

It's amazing how he managed with the same drum, guitar and synthesizer sounds to keep it so varied and exciting througout the whole thing.

inb4 tauhid

Perhaps less eclectic, but in a similar vein (imo) is the Canto Ostinato by Simeon ten Holt

  On 2/26/2012 at 6:35 PM, Enter a new display name said:

inb4 tauhid

Manuel Göttsching is a legend. Nothing more has to be said.

Who made good music.

(there's all kinds of legends. even in these parts of the internet)

True. He actually did do some mediocre stuff after the first two Ashra albums, but when he got it right he killed it. I couldn't believe he didn't even get a mention in the BBC Krautrock documentary.

Apparently it was not a good documentary. Krautrock with no Gottsching is no Krautrock. Simple as that. Epic fail upon the part of the BBC.

I'm pretty new to Krautrock. What albums should check out that's similar to this album? Something with vintage synthesizers.

Besides New Age of Earth. Already have that one.

  On 2/26/2012 at 9:59 PM, goDel said:

Apparently it was not a good documentary. Krautrock with no Gottsching is no Krautrock. Simple as that. Epic fail upon the part of the BBC.

This. Just checked his site and saw that he had posted The Wire's article about the album from the December issue:

http://www.ashra.com/news/pics/wire.pdf

  On 2/26/2012 at 10:04 PM, Npoess said:

I'm pretty new to Krautrock. What albums should check out that's similar to this album? Something with vintage synthesizers.

 

Besides New Age of Earth. Already have that one.

Get Dream & Desire and Le Berceau de Cristal. Inventions For Electric Guitar and Blackouts are also awesome, but much more guitar oriented.

  On 2/26/2012 at 10:08 PM, Tauhid said:

  On 2/26/2012 at 9:59 PM, goDel said:

Apparently it was not a good documentary. Krautrock with no Gottsching is no Krautrock. Simple as that. Epic fail upon the part of the BBC.

 

This. Just checked his site and saw that he had posted The Wire's article about the album from the December issue:

 

http://www.ashra.com...s/pics/wire.pdf

You sir, are the hero of this thread! Interesting article, to say the least.

  On 2/26/2012 at 10:21 PM, goDel said:

  On 2/26/2012 at 10:08 PM, Tauhid said:

  On 2/26/2012 at 9:59 PM, goDel said:

Apparently it was not a good documentary. Krautrock with no Gottsching is no Krautrock. Simple as that. Epic fail upon the part of the BBC.

 

This. Just checked his site and saw that he had posted The Wire's article about the album from the December issue:

 

http://www.ashra.com...s/pics/wire.pdf

 

You sir, are the hero of this thread! Interesting article, to say the least.

Indeed. I particularly liked this quote:

"...it was too much brain and not enough body. For me music has to make an atmosphere somehow. You don't have to understand it. Just listen to it, it has to give you something. I always miss this in that very academic, mathematical style."

I feel like the same thing could be said about a lot of this modular synth music, i.e. someone like Thomas Ankersmit.

Wow what a gem. Thanks a lot for this Npoess

Alcofribas is known to get down hard to this. And by 'get down,' I mean 'suck my dick.'

not true. ...

ok, true.

huge fan, for a long time.

james murphy ripped it off/paid homage massively with this, right down to the cover art

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKOjhPvqxrU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GLRJThnKfg&feature=related&noredirect=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqcBNhiPQsQ&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvWfnA0Xl5c&feature=related